AG: Whaaaaaaaat.GA: Just Wanted To KnowGA: Is Your Lusus Dead YetAG: Huh? What kind of question is that!AG: Is this a trick? Are you trying to sa8otage me? Are you in cahoots with someone????????GA: Uh NoAG: Cahoooooooots!!!!!!!!AG: Cahoots I say.GA: You Sure Do Seem To Be Saying CahootsGA: Im Just AskingGA: Because Mines DeadAG: What? Oh no.AG: How did that happen?GA: It Was Just Her TimeAG: Really? Are you sure it wasn't sa8otage? I would suspect sa8otage if I was you.GA: No There Was No Plot Or Conspiracy Or Any Trace Of Saboteurs Operating Through The Special And Magical Union One Can Only Describe As Being In Cahoots With AnotherGA: When A Virgin Mother Grub Abdicates And Renounces BroodingGA: Her Time Will Be Relatively ShortGA: I Always Knew ThisAG: ::::(AG: She was so cool, you had the coolest lusus of anyone I know.AG: I wanted to meet her some day.GA: Maybe You Still CanAG: Yeah, meet her corpse! I guess that's not so bad a consol8tion prize.AG: Seeing a 8ig dead cool mother gru8. Wow!AG: You were so lucky. My lusus sucks! Haha.AG: Why did you ask if she's dead, anyway? Do you know something????????GA: They Are All DyingGA: Or Are Going To SoonGA: I Believe Its A Preemptive Consequence Of The Game We Are About To PlayGA: If A Preemptive Consequence Is A Concept That Can Be Said To Hold Any MeaningGA: But From What I Understand If It Is Applicable In Any Sphere At All Then This Game Holds That SphereAG: Okaaaaaaaay, I don't really get that. So you can just go ahead think I'm some dum8 flighty 8road again.GA: I Wasnt Going To Think ThatGA: You Know What I Dont Think Even I Really Understand What I Just Said So NevermindAG: Now you have me a little worried. Man! I hope she's ok.AG: Why would this happen? This is just my luck. Have some died 8esides yours????????AG: And uh, you know who's, I guess. ::::oGA: Yes A FewGA: Karkat Thinks Its His FaultGA: He Believes His Actions Triggered An Inauspicious Chain ReactionAG: You mean a curse?GA: SureAG: Wow, between his curse and my shitty luck we are so screwed.GA: Im Not Surprised To See You Endorse His Paranoia Without HesitationGA: But I Was Attempting To Illustrate A Point In Bringing It UpAG: Whew! There goes another one sailing over the idi8t girl's head! Ok, lay it on me.GA: These Events Are Inevitable And Regardless Of Whatever Emotional Entanglements Obfuscate Their Significance They Will Ultimately Serve An Important PurposeGA: The Curse Had Nothing To Do With ItGA: And Karkats Notion Of A Curse Is Inseparable From His Perception Of Events As Intrinsically Negative And As Tailored To His Personal DissatisfactionGA: And Your Bad Luck Is The Same WayGA: I Believe AnywayAG: Uh. Ok.GA: What Would Happen If You Just Cleaned Up A BitGA: Dont You Think You Would Step On A Few Less Hard TrianglesAG: Why do you try to help me and stuff? What's the point!AG: It's kind of bothersome. And insulting sometimes!AG: So I have a messy room. 8ig deal. My luck fucking 8lows! It's got nothing to do with it and you just don't even know.AG: Meddler. Why you so meddley, Miss Meddlesome McFussyfangs????????GA: Because Youre DangerousAG: No way! I'm just fine. Why don't you can it.GA: Every Time You Tell Me To Can It I Think Its FunnyGA: I Mean Its Just A Funny Thing To Say Dont You ThinkAG: ::::PGA: Its Ok To Be DangerousGA: Lots Of People AreGA: And Dangerous People Can Be Really ImportantGA: Maybe Even The Most Important SometimesGA: But It Just Means Theres Got To Be Someone Around To Keep An Eye On ThemGA: And If Not Me Then WhoGA: Everyone Has An Important Job To DoAG: Ok, so you're spying on me. Kind of creepy! Man, m8y8e you should get a l8fe.AG: Or you know, if you're so h8gh 8nd might8 an8 th8nk you're so gr8at, m8y88 you c8uld oh I d8n't kn8w........AG: TRY AND ST8P ME FROM DO8NG B8D THINGS????????GA: That Wouldnt WorkGA: If I Tried To Stop You You Would Regard Me As An EnemyGA: Instead Of Merely As A NuisanceGA: And What Good Would That DoGA: So Im Afraid Mcfussyfangs It Must BeAG: U88888888h!AG: Ok, gr8. Fine! I'm going to check on my lusus now.AG: 8ut I'm starting to think you are full of shit, and I am quite sure she will 8e QU8TE FIN8!GA: Youre Right Anything Can Happen I GuessGA: But Just So You Know Im Sorry For Your Loss In Advance

That was the last update for a good while. I'll say more about the pause soon.

The flash: song was an old and good one by Malcolm Brown, whose name I'd hope you would be familiar with by now. Art contributed by Adrienne, Ikimaru, Guzusuru, Shelby, and Rah. Great to work with all these people again. As has always been the case, the enthusiasm for the story by all contributors really shows in the work they do, and makes the final animation result feel a lot more special than it otherwise would be. A big thanks to all these artists, along with anyone else who ever left their artistic mark on this story.

9828 had a song and a drawing by James Roach and Ipgd respectively. Whoa, those are respectively very very good. The doomsday screed is by this son of a bozo, and it does appear to have motivated quite a STRONG wave of selfie posting. Maybe enough to even save the website from old man Hussie? Guess we'll find out. Hmm, sure does seem like Homestuck has a lot of good lookin' readers. I must say I am impressed. I have taken quite an extensive tour through your offerings and I have yet to find an unattractive face in front of Arquiusprite's tremendous buttocks. Kudos to every single selfie-snapper for being so preposterously photogenic. Just, wow. People have got a couple tumblrarchives already if you want to take a look. I don't know which of those is "better," or more exhaustive, but you know what, a little competition never killed anybody. I guess they can be like the Coke and Pepsi of this baloney ass stunt, for as long as people wanna keep pointing phones at their own faces.

Starting now, We Love Fine will become the primary seller of Homestuck products. Almost everything from the What Pumpkin store will be gradually moved over to the We Love Fine store over the next few weeks. We're also working on a lot of cool new things, which will show up in the WLF store over the following months.

WLF is also running another shirt design contest this month. There were a whole lot of great entries last time, and many of them ended up getting printed. Maybe YOU have a cool idea for a shirt this time around?? I would like to see it!

In closing, I will say this. We Love Fine is a great company! I've worked with them for a couple years already. The people there are VERY enthusiastic about making great stuff for fandoms. Take a look around their site. There's a good chance you will see stuff for other properties you like as well. I'm looking forward to seeing what else they're going to make for Homestuck!